J.Owen Smith

Singer/Songwriter

[J.Owen Smith @jowensmith]

@TheFigen_ This is so cool.

[J.Owen Smith @jowensmith]

@belababie1 @AOC @JamaalBowman Me too

[Lucy (in the sky) 🥂🐦‍⬛🍂⭐ @petunniazul]

According to Alan Weiss, a TV producer who happened to be there, "All My Loving" was playing on the sound system at Roosevelt Hospital emergency room when Lennon was pronounced dead 🥺

https://t.co/1s5uRrLx8t

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

This is one of the best videos to ever exist for entrepreneurs, creators... I think about it often.

In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited a NYU music production class to critique student songs.

At the beginning you could see student "Maggie Rogers" drenched with the absolute terror of sharing this with him.

Pharrell is there just trying to keep his excitement in.

The guy couldn’t wait to tell her this song is the bee’s knees.

After he listened to a song called “Alaska”, he explained why “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that:”

24 hours later, someone posted the clip to Reddit.

It blew up and the rest is history. Grammy nominated, millions of followers etc.

And Maggie responded to the Reddit thread (i'll share screenshot in the next tweet).

This story I find so cool because it inspires other artists to share what they got.

We all can all connect with the fear of showing our work. It ain't easy.

And to have a unique POV like Maggie. Easy to copy, harder to have something unique.

I’ve got a bunch of designs, creations that have never seen the light of day.

This video inspires me to publish more.

My point of sharing this video:

Publish your art anonymously.

Or publish your art proudly as yourself. Bonus points if it's one of a kind work.

But publish your darn art.

This is your new week's energy.

This is your 2024 energy.

Go get 'em.

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If you enjoyed this, go listen to some Maggie Rogers. And thank you to Pharrell for being so supportive to an up and comer.

And go follow me for more stories like this @gregisenberg, so you get more of it in your feed

I share stories about internet communities, free startup ideas and more. (link in bio for more info about me)

[Bono’s Bible @BonosBible]

#Bono: “I confess to an UNFORGIVING aspect in my personality…. I cast the lyric as a one-sided conversation where I let the singer be intolerant and not as FORGIVING as he should be.”

#Surrender, “Stuck in a Moment”

[J.Owen Smith @jowensmith]

https://t.co/ZvkqM5kfma

[Bono’s Bible @BonosBible]

#Bono: “I preferred the company of so-called unbelievers. It’s not just that some of the finest people I’ve known don’t subscribe to any particular FAITH TRADITION; it’s more that people who OPENLY PROFESS FAITH can be… such a pain in the arse.”

#Surrender, “October”

[Bono’s Bible @BonosBible]

#Bono: “‘October’ carries the gentle power of Edge, the ache of his loneliness, that longing to belong. The song became a location for a meditation on impermanence. On FAITH.”

#Surrender, “October”

[Songtrust @songtrust]

Pitching music to press or radio isn't only for recording artists. Songwriters and producers can take control of publicizing their own work too. We put together a list of what to include in an Electronic Press Kit to get you started: https://t.co/Fmt3FzfN2k

[Sue💚 @SueTaylor_]

“You can’t say paedo anymore. It’s a derogatory term!” 😂 @RickyGervais #SuperNature

[J.Owen Smith @jowensmith]

J. Owen Smith - "Play the Song Right Through" (Tiny Desk Contest Submiss... https://t.co/vutl1xkENT via @YouTube
I’m sharing this with all of you .
Is there anybody out there?

[Lonely Ghost Records ("GO" by Crush Fund NOW!) @lonelyghostrecs]

Huge thanks to @spooky_redacted and Left of the Dial for premiering @hoderaband's new single Trying"! You can stream the new song and read the whole piece using the links in the replies 📬

"Dear Friend" is out next Friday!

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

LMAOOO who did this

[Austin Kleon @austinkleon]

What Keats called “negative capability,” & Fitzgerald said was “the test of a first rate intelligence… to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time & still retain the ability to function” — it’s always been hard for folks, but my god, it’s like we’re watching it disappear

[Austin Kleon @austinkleon]

“If it is your destiny to be this laborer called a writer, you know that you've got to go to work every day, but you also know that you're not gonna get it every day. You have to be prepared, but you really don't command the enterprise.”
—Leonard Cohen, I’M YOUR MAN

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Vincent Van Gogh's world in virtual reality

[Bono’s Bible @BonosBible]

#Bono: “The BIBLE held me rapt. The words stepped off the page and followed me home. I found more than poetry in that Gothic KING JAMES script.”

#Surrender, “Stories for Boys”

[belababie @belababie1]

My #shero

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Zoom in on the Andromeda Galaxy with Hubble. What looks like a smudge of light to the unaided eye is actually a vast galaxy containing an estimated 1 trillion stars.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Full HD version on Youtube: https://t.co/uE6XQiyJ5e